外研社九年级下册Module 3 Life now and then
Unit 2 I think life is better today.（阅读课）
【知识目标】1. Grasp the useful expressions in unit 2.
2. Understand the usage of the grammars.
【能力目标】：Use the points of this unit very freely.
【情感目标】：让学生通过现在与过去的对比，了解社会发生的变化，从而更加珍惜我们现在的生活，努力学习。
【重难点】：The words, useful expressions and the grammar.
【课前延伸】
1. Warming-up：
Free-talk：Is life today better or worse than it was in the past？
2. 词汇检测：
年龄最大的 夫妻 辍学 某人一生 全职工作
捡起; 接 结婚 …的数量 不常见 从…摔下来
【课内探究】
一．多层读。
Step1，泛读
1. What kind of article is it?
A. a report of news. B. a website review.
C. a report of an interview. D. a report of practice
2. How many things does the reporter want to know from Mrs Li?
3. What does Mrs Li think of the life today?
Step2，精读
Paragraph 1，
1. Where did Mrs. Li’s family live?
2. What did she think of her family?
3. When did her eldest sister leave school?
Paragraph 2，
Mrs Li’s father ____to work for ___ hours a day. Mrs. Li’s mum was a _____ before she met Mrs. Li’s father. After marrying, she had to ____ at home to ______ the children. Today it is _____for many married women to go to work. But in the past, it was ______.
Paragraph 3&4，answer the questions.
1. Was the food always freshly cooked in the past?
2. Did they have TV in the past?
3. Mrs. Li first met her husband ___ years ago. (50, 60)
4. Mrs. Li married her husband at the age of ____. (19. 20)
Paragraph 5&6，answer.
1. Mrs. Li often walks and takes the bus less to keep healthy. ( )
2. Mrs. Li thinks life is better today because ______.
A. She is not poor any longer.
B. She has more free time.
C. She is healthier and lives longer.
D. She walks less and takes the bus more.
二. 读后学：
1. We got married a year later.
●marry sb.嫁（娶）某人
。
上星期约翰和玛丽结婚了。
●get/be married to sb. 和某人结婚
。
上个月她和一医生结婚了。
2. I can’t believe the number of cars on the streets.
●[辨析] the number of & a number of
1) the number of表示“……的数量”，作主语时谓语动词要用单数。
。
我们班学生的数量是50人。
2) a number of表示“许多”, 相当于 many，作主语时，谓语动词用复数。number前可用large， small等修饰, 以表示程度。例如：
。
许多学生在小山上植树。
三．盘点收获（这节课你学到了什么？）
1.知识方面：
Some words and phrases, grammar points
2.语言技能方面：
The ability of reading, listening, writing and speaking
3.情感、态度、价值观方面：
We should treasure our life. We should study hard to go to the senior high school.
四、拓展延伸
Repeat the text！
【课后提升】
Writing：
请根据下表所列的内容要点以Changes in my hometown为题目, 用英语写一篇短文。
过去
1. 生活贫困，房屋破旧；
2. 污染严重，垃圾遍地；
3. 交通不便，游客稀少。
现在
1. 住房宽敞、明亮, 许多人有私家车；
2. 山更绿, 水更清，天更蓝；
3. 每年有成千上万来自世界各地的游客。
提示词: 便利的，convenient
要求: 1. 短文须包括所有内容要点, 可适当发挥, 使短文连贯、通顺；
2. 80词左右，开头已给出, 不计入总词数。
Changes in my hometown In the past, my hometown was very small.
.
课件18张PPT。Module 3 Life now and then
Unit 2 I think life is better today.
年龄最大的
夫妻
辍学
某人一生
全职工作
捡起; 接
结婚
…的数量
不常见
从…摔下来eldest
couple
leave school& drop out of school
all one’s life
a full-time job
pick up
get married
the number of
less common
fall off预习效果检测：你掌握了吗？IN THE PASTNOWIs life today better or worse than it was in the past? Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think life has changed for her? Listening and scanningWhat kind of article is it?
A. a report of news.
B. a website review.
C. a report of an interview.
D. a report of practice
2. How many things does the reporter want to know from Mrs Li?
3. What does Mrs Li think of the life today?sixShe thinks it is better than that in the past.Read paragraph 1 and answer the
following questions. Where did Mrs. Li’s family live?
2. What did she think of her family?
3. When did her eldest sister leave
school?
In a small house beside a restaurant. They weren’t very rich but they were happy. At the age of 12. Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks. Mrs. Li’s father ________ to work for ____ hours a day. Mrs. Li’s mum was a ________ before she met Mrs. Li’s father. After marrying, she had to _____ at home to _________ the children. Today it is ________ for many married women to go out to work. But in the past, it was _____________.went out 12teacher stay look after normal less common Read paragraph3&4 and answer :1.Was the food always freshly cooked in the past?
2.Did they have TV in the past?
3.Mrs. Li first met her husband ___ years
ago. (50, 60)
4. Mrs. Li married her husband at the age
of ____. (19. 20)
Yes, it was.No, they didn’t.6019Read Paragraph 5&6 and judge the statement is true or false. 1.Mrs. Li often walks and takes the bus less to keep healthy. ( )
2.Mrs. Li thinks life is better today because ____________________.
A. She is not poor any longer.
B. She has more free time.
C. She is healthier and lives longer.
D. She walks less and takes the bus more.F你发现了吗？1. get married.
●marry sb.嫁（娶）某人
上星期约翰和玛丽结婚了。
John married Mary last week.
●get/be married to sb. 和某人结婚
上个月她和一医生结婚了。
She was/got married to a doctor last month.
2.[辨析] the number of & a number of the number of表示“……的数量”，作主语时谓语动词要用单数。The number of students in our class is 50.我们班学生的数量是50人。2) a number of表示“许多”, 相当于 many，作主语时，谓语动词用复数。number前可用large， small等修饰, 以表示程度。例如：许多学生在小山上植树。A number of students are planting trees on the hill.这节课你学到了什么？ 1.知识方面：
2.语言技能方面：
3.情感、态度、价值观方面：Some words and phrases, grammar pointsThe ability of reading, listening, writing and speakingWe should treasure our life. We should study hard to go to the senior high school.Repeat the text Mrs Li is over 70 years old. She has
lived in Beijing all her life. Her family
weren’t very rich, but they were happy.
Her father went out to work, her mother
was always cooking for them. They didn’t
have television, so they played games
and read together. She got married to
her husband at the age of 19. Her family
has changed a lot, now she walk less
and take the bus more. She thinks life is
much better today. Mrs Li…over 70……
…lived in Beijing……
…not…rich，……happy.
…went out to work，……cooking……
…didn’t have television，…played games… read……
…got married……at the age of 19.
…changed a lot，…walk less…take the bus more.
…life…much better……Repeat the textWriting请根据下表所列的内容要点以Changes in my hometown为题目, 用英语写一篇短文。People lived a poor lifeThe houses were old and small.The pollution was very serious,there was rubbish everywhereTravelling around the town wasn’t convenientso few visitors came hereTheir houses are large and bright提示词: 便利的，convenient
要求:
1. 短文须包括所有内容要点, 可适当发挥, 使短文连贯、通顺；
2. 80词左右，开头已给出, 不计入总词数。
Changes in my hometown In the past, my hometown was very small. __________________________________________________________________Thanks!
Bye-bye!外研社九年级下册Module 3 Life now and then
Unit 2 I think life is better today.（阅读课）评测练习
一、词汇检测：
年龄最大的 夫妻 辍学 某人一生 全职工作
捡起; 接 结婚 …的数量 不常见 从…摔下来
二、Step1，泛读
1. What kind of article is it?
A. a report of news. B. a website review.
C. a report of an interview. D. a report of practice
2. How many things does the reporter want to know from Mrs Li?
3. What does Mrs Li think of the life today?
Step2，精读
Paragraph 1，
1. Where did Mrs. Li’s family live?
2. What did she think of her family?
3. When did her eldest sister leave school?
Paragraph 2，
Mrs Li’s father ____to work for ___ hours a day. Mrs. Li’s mum was a _____ before she met Mrs. Li’s father. After marrying, she had to ____ at home to ______ the children. Today it is _____for many married women to go to work. But in the past, it was ______.
Paragraph 3&4，answer the questions.
1. Was the food always freshly cooked in the past?
2. Did they have TV in the past?
3. Mrs. Li first met her husband ___ years ago. (50, 60)
4. Mrs. Li married her husband at the age of ____. (19. 20)
Paragraph 5&6，answer.
1. Mrs. Li often walks and takes the bus less to keep healthy. ( )
2. Mrs. Li thinks life is better today because ______.
A. She is not poor any longer.
B. She has more free time.
C. She is healthier and lives longer.
D. She walks less and takes the bus more.
三. 读后学：
1. We got married a year later.
●marry sb.嫁（娶）某人
。
上星期约翰和玛丽结婚了。
●get/be married to sb. 和某人结婚
。
上个月她和一医生结婚了。
2. I can’t believe the number of cars on the streets.
●[辨析] the number of & a number of
1) the number of表示“……的数量”，作主语时谓语动词要用单数。
。
我们班学生的数量是50人。
2) a number of表示“许多”, 相当于 many，作主语时，谓语动词用复数。number前可用large， small等修饰, 以表示程度。例如：
。
许多学生在小山上植树。
